Corrupted areas

Alpha-2 corrupted area in the Riverlands biome.^[1]

We just saw a corrupt zone and that zone becomes corrupt after a period of time in which players are not addressing some issues that arise through certain events or through certain story arcs; and that corruption can spread and corruption changes the spawners for resources and for monsters; and that has a fundamental effect on the resource economy of the game.^[2] – Steven Sharif

Corrupted areas (zones/points of interest) can dynamically evolve with the progression of nodes and story arcs.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Harbingers that exist on Verra as dungeons are where The Ancients are capable of pushing into the material plane. They can continue to do so under the guise of the effects of corruption as it spreads.^[9]

These are sources of NPC events that players need to address before they grow out of hand.^[2]^[10]^[7]
- Players need to participate in these events to stop the spread of corruption and hold back the intrusion on the material plane.^[2]^[9]
- If players fail to address these corrupted areas, the frequency of NPC events against their node will increase. These can lead to node buildings and services being disabled, increasing the node's vulnerability to node sieges.^[11]

It can be a very detrimental thing if corruption is not addressed; and that's the intent of corruption, is to present a challenge to the players that if not addressed it becomes exacerbated and a problem over time.^[11] – Steven Sharif

Corrupted areas do not confer corruption onto a player. Only pvP related activities lead to player corruption (in the flagging system).^[12]^[13]

To degree your mortal coil, as we call it, or what some might consider a soul from your character's perspective within this story- can be influenced and can be changed into a shape that's more in tune with corruption; and that's through doing PvP things you can accomplish that.^[12] – Steven Sharif

Corrupted areas will likely be impacted less by seasons and weather.^[14]

When it enters the corruption state outside of weather, in that corrupt state, you will probably see a little bit less of the influence of the season because really it's adopting that corruption, which in-and-of-itself is a season.^[14] – Steven Sharif

Corrupted areas will spawn variations of mobs and resources.^[2]
- Corrupted resources are only available in corrupted areas or during certain story arcs.^[2]^[3]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Zones and progression

تانازنزلا, تاراغلا, ملاعلا ءاسؤر, Mobs, هلئسا, Events, Resources, Narratives and other content within a node's ZOI will have a diverse level range; but will scale with the advancement of that node and its racial influence.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Portions of the spawn tables (for mobs and resources) are static and other portions are dynamic and adapt to node development.^[21]

We don’t have a strictly level 25 zone. Instead, that zone might have some level 10 creatures near the road, some level 20 creatures deep in the forest, and some level 30 creatures up the mountain. These ratios will change based on the Nodes that inform them, becoming generally more dangerous as the Node grows. All this civilization attracts the attention of Things-That-Should-Not-Be. This does not mean that wilderness areas are safe, by any means. Some may be safe-er, but all will have dangers that even the most experienced traveler needs to watch out for.^[22] – Steven Sharif

Adaptive content

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نقطة إهتمام  جديدة (مثل  الدهاليز  و زعماء العالم) تظهر  بعقد(بشكل) متطور.^[23] هذا المحتوي  يتكيف مع  تطور  المناطق الموجودة به.^[24]

سوف تتغير الكثافة.^[24]
صعوبة المحتوي سوف تتغير.^[24]
قد يتغير المحتوي بلكامل , إعتمادا علي ما يتطور وكيف يتطور .^[24]
أنواع جديدة من الوحوش وإختلاف القصة (المهمات).^[24]
فقط بعض الدهاليز سوف تصبح متاحة في حالة أن العقد تطور لمراحل معينة .^[25]
القصة(المهات) داخل الدهليز سوف تعتمد علي قوس المهمة التي تتكون من الطرق المختارة عن طريق نظام العقد.^[25]
الجوائز في المناطق و الدهاليز سوف تكون مقيدة بتقدم المنقطة الموجودة بها.^[25]

الدهاليز المحيطة و النقط الاخري حول الخريطة سوف تتأثر بتطور العقد. فقط بعض الدهاليز سوف تصبح متاحة إذا طورنا العقد إلي مستوي معين. القصة(المهات) داخل الدهليز سوف تعتمد علي قوس المهمة التي تتكون من الطرق المختارة عن طريق نظام العقد الجوائزفي المناطق و الدهاليز سوف تكون مقيدة بتقدم المنقطة الموجودة بها . علي سبيل المثال لنفترض أن البشر طورو عقد في المنقطة ج, و أصبحت مجموعة من المهمات متاحة مما يقود اللاعبين إلي أكتشاف دهاليز المناطق المجاورة .ولنفترض أن هذا العقد تم تطويره في منقطة صناعية… قبل تطور العقد , كان هذا الدهليز متاح… ولكن الأن نفس الدهليز أصبح يمتلك وحوش جديدة و تغيرت جوائزه لتصبح جوائز تستعمل للصناعة بسبب تطور العقد . وربما , قد يظهر زعيم جديد في غرف مختلفة من الدهليز التي سوف تحتوي علي مغامرة مختلفة و مهمات مختلفة , مثل شئ غامض مع مهمة للحصول عليه والمهمة يمكن فقط قبولها إذا تطور العقد إلي نقطة معينة في منطقة معينة , حول العالم . نظامنا واسع جدا, بما يتعلق ب الترابط و كيف يتأثر العالم بللاعبين.^[25]

Roads

Road blocked by an environmental hazard due to a caravan event in Alpha-2.^[26]

Our road system in-game is essentially driven by pre-placed routes that lead to this main artery of what was once the ancient highway system of Verra; and from there there are roads that become exposed when nodes advance; and we call those veins. They come off the main artery and then as nodes advance there are points of interest as Jeff was discussing earlier. These POIs that exist around the world and some of them share coverage with multiple nodes, but depending on which node advances to the stage that activates the point of interest it'll create these capillary roads so to speak that then stem off of the node itself. So you go from the main artery ancient road that's large- that runs through different zones and whatnot- and that breaks down into the veins that lead to the specific encampments and villages and towns that then spawn off separate capillaries that lead to the points of interest in these areas that are hunting grounds. Those are not exposed initially and they come online as players advance the world.^[27] – Steven Sharif

Roads adjusting to adjacent node progression.^[28]

As nodes advance, these pre-laid road spots that exist connecting every possible route between certain node structures is going to adjust and adapt, both its material presentation, the type of roadwork that's present: It'll move from dirt road type, to perhaps a brick road, to perhaps some super ornate beautiful metropolis style road that will adjust around the world according to how these node structures begin to populate and advance.^[28] – Steven Sharif

Roads in Verra are both pre-generated and player influenced.^[27]

The largest roads are referred to as arteries. These are remnants of what was once the ancient highway system of Verra.^[27]
As nodes advance smaller roads, referred to as veins, connect the arteries to the nodes.^[27]
Depending on the stages of node advancement, capillary roads will stem off the node to connect to points of interest.^[27]
Roads or pathways are not worn into the landscape by repeated traffic over the same area.^[27]
The quality, safety, and maximum transportation speed of roads is influenced by node building upgrades, policies, relics, and the level of nearby nodes.^[29]^[30]^[31]

Q: Could you upgrade roads in the node to upgrade the roads and speeds of caravans?

A: Absolutely. So that buff that you saw is a buff that can be changed in the world based on the world state. Some of those world state interactions include certain types of relics that the nodes which govern your area might have access to and might be actively employing. Some of it might have to do with policies: You might be able to extend the guard influences across the road radius further out for certain nodes if you have certain policies. You might be able to enhance and empower those guards through itemization choices that are granted by building upgrades that the node selects to build.^[29] – Steven Sharif

Different seasons and events may affect access to various roads.^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]

Pathways that are open during summer may be closed during winter.^[32]^[35]
Seasonal affects may cause obstacles or blockages to the transit of goods via caravan.^[32]^[33]^[34]^[36]
Caravan events can cause roadways to be blocked off or hostile mobs to spawn to attack the caravan.^[26]^[33]
- Obstacles may present barriers on roads that players must remove or bypass to allow transit of goods.^[26]^[32]^[35]
Water turning to ice in winter, enabling players to walk over the water but blocking access to what is underneath.^[35]
- Ice will make roads bumpy and slippery.^[37]

يلفسلا ملاعلا routes will open or close dynamically (based on node states).^[38]

The location of Underrealm entrances throughout the world is focused around natural geographic choke-points that exist above ground. This provides alternate subterranean routes that can be used by caravans, raids, and other player activities.^[39]^[38]

Not all entrances to the Underrealm will be open at the same time. This can shift dynamically (based on node states) that cause different routes to open up, which may be more or less advantageous than other routes.^[38]

Caravan components can be utilized to improve on-road or off-road speeds of caravans.^[40]

You will travel faster over roads, but that obviously comes with the increased risk of running into other players or monsters that are blocking the road.^[40] – Chris Justo

ةرحلا may not be placed in close proximity to roads.^[41]

Dungeon locations

Dünzenkell Crypt open world dungeon near the Alpha-1 starting area. Alpha-1 ﺔﺷﺎﺷ ﺔﻄﻘﻟ. ﺓﺭﻮﺼﻟﺍ ﺪﻴﺻﺭ: User:Asenscient

تانازنزلا and other points of interest are located throughout the map in-between the 85 node locations.^[42]

As nodes advance and expand they will influence nearby points-of-interest such as dungeon bosses, regional bosses and Raid bosses.^[42]
- Multiple nearby nodes may collectively influence larger POIs.^[43]

POIs of this size do not normally attach to just a single node. Usually there are multiple nodes that can potentially influence a large POI. The theming within the node occurs around storylines or NPC spawns and events.^[43] – Steven Sharif